Before, Ji Jingyuan thought that he could get to Jordan directly by plane, but after meeting with the crew the next day, he learned that there was no direct flight from Seoul to Amman, and generally passengers had to transfer in Bangkok, or Hong Kong Island, Abu Dhabi and other cities to arrive.

The whole flight takes more than 20 hours, not counting the time required for intermediate transfers, and the round trip adds up to 40 or 50 hours.

Chi Jingyuan sat on the plane that had just taken off, and just thinking about this journey, he felt a little hairy in his heart, this kind of long flight was really torture for him.

"Would you like to get some sleep now?" Park Jae-hyun, who was sitting on the side, saw that Ji Jingyuan, whose face was not very good, and greeted him with concern.

"After a while, I won't be able to sleep now if I wait a while." Chi Jingyuan shook his head slightly, holding a copy of the information and looking at it without raising his head: "Stick to Bangkok and then go to sleep."

At this time, it is the time for him to make up for his college homework, although he is a little dizzy, but he will barely be able to study a little, at least to make his grades a little closer to the passing line.

Just when the crew of "Unborn" was rushing around on the plane, the discussion on the Peninsula network had already gained enough heat.

Yesterday morning, the news that Chi Jingyuan will play the role of Zhang Clay, the actor of "Unborn", has been announced, and it has attracted a lot of attention after a day of fermentation.

This is also Ji Jingyuan's second time after nearly a year after the explosion of "The Inheritors" and he is also the leading actor, so that both fans and ordinary passers-by and audiences have expressed great expectations for this.

Especially among his fans, Ji Jingyuan has a considerable number of meals that were not brought over through EXO or the song stage, and many of them liked him because they watched his TV series, and then began to pay attention to EXO and their songs, and the main focus of these people may still stay on TV dramas.

After two consecutive TV series and his popularity in EXO, Ji Jingyuan has become one of the most popular actors of the young generation on the peninsula, but his basic frequency of taking on dramas once a year really makes his fans very dissatisfied, and they can't find anything to watch if they want to chase his dramas, so they can only relive "Please Answer 1997" and "The Inheritors", which I don't know how many times I have watched.

Lee Jong Suk, who was often compared to Ji Kyung-won by fans on the Internet before, has already filmed two TV series in a row in the first half of this year alone, and he will definitely not be idle in the second half of the year.

Some people feel that SM Company is too wasteful, obviously Chi Jingyuan's so popular scenes have exploded, but they don't know how to give their idols more resources, and some more senior fans think that Chi Jingyuan is a little too lazy and unwilling to shoot more.

"Oba finally remembered that he was also an actor again, and the best news he received in the last month! fighting！」

"Although I'm not interested in this type of TV series, as long as it's starring Yuan, I definitely haven't said it, and I definitely have to stick to it!"

"I checked it, "Weisheng" seems to be a workplace drama about Go, it sounds boring, how could Yuan take this kind of TV series, his face, figure and temperament plus amazing acting skills, in the category of idol dramas, it is simply a bomb level, as long as the script is not so bad, he will definitely be popular if he participates, why do you have to act in this kind of workplace drama, a little disappointed......

"I didn't look carefully upstairs, "Weisheng" is indeed a Go term, but this drama tells the story of the white-collar workplace of a comprehensive trading company, not Go, and the cast is quite strong, they are all powerful actors who can act in movies with good acting skills, and Ji Jingyuan's ability to play the leading role in this kind of drama is also a reflection of his acting skills, and this kind of drama will be very exciting if it is filmed well."

"I don't know if it's exciting or not, I just know that the last part of our Oba was the highlight of SBS, the male lead of "The Inheritors" written by Kim Eun-sook, and this time I can only pick up any white-collar workplace dramas that I have never heard of before on this cable TV station, I heard that it is still an adaptation of a comic, I went to check that the original comic is not popular at all

Who looks OK? Yuan Oba's film and television resources have obviously been downgraded, okay? SM has made it clear that he will give all the resources to the parrot girl group of Ryder Bebe, and suppressing our EXO and Oba is really disgusting, so the pheasant girl group should die quickly."

Recently, there has been a lot of discussion on the forum and in the fan club about Chi Jingyuan's play, and many fans said that they were very happy and looked forward to contributing to the ratings, but some people felt a little disappointed and not very optimistic, after all, jumping from idol dramas to workplace dramas, the leap from chaebol II Jin Si to Zhang Clay, a small white-collar worker in the workplace, is really a bit big.

And the gimmick of "Unborn" doesn't sound as good as last year's "The Inheritors", which made many of his loyal fans worry about the decline of Chi Jingyuan's film and television resources, and while blaming SM, he didn't know how to implicate redvelvet, and scolded them a few words very ugly.

Now the fans of the SM family have formed a habit, anyway, no matter what bad things happen to their idols, they can pull it on redvelvet, as if they are a trash can and can throw anything into it.

It is difficult to change this kind of atmosphere just by relying on redvelvet to increase publicity, show your face on stage or show to increase exposure, and the best way to change is to use excellent songs and tangible results to reverse the public's perception in the next return, which is the most direct and effective way.

After all, they are not a group that has had bad deeds, but the time of their debut was wrong, and they just hit the wind and became a venting point for fans of several popular groups.

Chi Jingyuan doesn't know what the company's arrangements are for their next return, I hope that the song selection, makeup and grades can be better, at least improve the current situation and not be scolded so ruthlessly and so ugly.

After a transfer and a total flight time of more than 20 hours, the crew of "Unborn" finally landed at Amman Queen Alia International Airport, Chi Jingyuan slowly walked down the boarding ladder, and when his feet stepped on the ground, his feet shook and his feet were soft, looking at the airport runway around the empty warehouse, this real feeling of stepping on the ground made him feel reborn.

There are not many actors who came to Jordan for filming this time, and only Chi Jingyuan is the leading actor, and all the scenes are related to him.

The crew gathered together to count the number of people, and then walked quickly towards the outside of the airport together, and the staff who picked up the airport at the door, that is, the crew staff who had come to prepare in advance, had been preparing for a long time, and hurriedly greeted the producer and Kim Won-seok after seeing the first producer, and after a short exchange, the group continued to walk outside under their leadership.

「…… &a;a; *（……」

「EXO？ EXO！」

Because the crew here is quite large, all of them look like East Asians and have a lot of shooting tools, such a side-catching picture immediately attracted a lot of people to stop and watch, and their noisy discussions seem to be rare to see such a scene here in Amman.

Jordan speaks Arabic here, which involves Chi Jingyuan's language blind spot, he can't understand what these people are saying, but he is very sure that he heard a few voices chanting "exo", and the change in tone is still obvious, the first time he shouted was confused, and the second time he turned into excitement.

Ji Jingyuan followed the sound and saw that the shouts were made by a few young boys who looked to be about twenty years old, and they were very excited after noticing Ji Jingyuan's gaze at him, and kept waving their hands and shouting "EXO!" 「Yuan！」。

He froze for a moment, quickly beckoned to the other party, and then put his hands together in front of his chest and bowed slightly to express his gratitude.

The fatigue on the plane before seemed to have weakened a lot in the shouts of the other party, and Ji Jingyuan didn't expect that he actually had his own fans in Jordan, a country where he didn't know where he was on the world map before, and EXO had never been active, and seeing their excited gestures was obviously very fond of them XO.

Even if they didn't shout the right name and pronounced the "E" sound, they didn't have a banner in their hands to support them, and it is estimated that they hadn't bought XO's album, but Ji Jingyuan still had a kind of flattery

The whole person unconsciously felt a lot of energy, and his body became a little warmer.

This is a very substantial experience in my heart, and it has nothing to do with the big sun in the sky and the high temperature.

After walking out of the airport, they got on the bus rented by the staff, loaded all the filming equipment, and then the bus started and drove directly to the hotel that had been booked.

During the trip, Chi Jingyuan sat by the window of the bus and looked at the street scene outside with great interest, which seemed to be relatively close to the central area of Amman, and the surrounding buildings were completely different from the low and backward ones he imagined, in addition to many exquisite small buildings with three or four floors, there were also many beautiful high-rise office buildings built in the distance.

It's just that if you look closely, you can also find that there are a lot of ancient buildings with obvious historical traces mixed in, but they don't look abrupt, but have an alternative harmony.

The six-lane road from the airport to the city is wide and densely trafficked, and you can see a lot of cars whizzing by in just a few minutes.

After driving for a while, I drove into the new city of Amman, and the crew members on the bus were all sitting by the window like Chi Jingyuan, looking at the street scene outside with great interest, most of them from Arab countries were also first-time visitors.

Earthworm-like Arabic symbols fill every corner of the eye, and the costumes of pedestrians on the street are colorful, and the most striking thing is that many pedestrians wearing black robes with red checkered cloth turbans on their heads. According to a staff member at the front of the bus who has been briefing them on the local customs, these are supposed to be local Bedouins in Amman, which is the traditional attire of their tribe.

These people looked like they were dressed centuries from the passers-by in plain clothes and modern suits.

And the most interesting thing is that you can see many people walking on the street with camels, and there are scenes of camels and cars walking on the road together, which makes Chi Jingyuan and other travelers from East Asia feel very novel.

Backward and advanced dance together, traditional and modern side by side, two completely different styles mixed together but seem to have their own unique charm.

This is Chi Jingyuan's first impression of Amman, Jordan, a city he has set foot in for the first time.

It feels pretty good, it's a novelty, and it makes him feel that the flight of more than 20 hours is not a waste.

Chi Jingyuan took out his mobile phone and took a few street scenery photos and selfies, and after a while, the bus drove to the hotel they had booked.

Everyone first went to the predetermined room to put down the salute, wash their faces, and trim their faces, and then went to the rented conference room for a short production meeting, and the producer Lee Jae-moon and the director Kim Won-seok, who coordinated the crew, listened to the staff who came here to prepare in advance to report on their work, and then Kim Won-seok explained the shooting plan in Jordan again in detail.

The filming time in Jordan was still relatively tight, and there was no rest after the meeting, and the crew went directly to the prepared shooting site to prepare for work.

This time, "Unborn" was filmed in the center of the old city of Jordan, and it was only here that Chi Jingyuan felt that he imagined the relatively old and backward place.

Compared with the new city they passed by just now, the old city of Jordan could not see a single high-rise building at a glance, and the streets were very crowded with people, cars, camels, and dragons, but whether it was the street, the buildings, and even the people's clothing, they all exuded an antique atmosphere.

Between the old city and the new city, it is like the gap between Gangbuk and Gangnam in Seoul.

The filming regulations and venue have been prepared by the pre-production personnel, and the crew immediately took over the work on the scene in an orderly manner, and began to delineate the shooting area and process and install all kinds of shooting equipment.

The reason why Ji Jingyuan is more optimistic about the drama "Unborn" is not only because the script is very well written and it is a workplace drama that he has not challenged, but also because when he was communicating with Kim Won-seok at that time, the other party told him that this drama has received the greatest support from the TV station and the producer in terms of shooting, and the equipment of the camera crew of the whole drama is a high-end setting that will only be used when shooting a movie, in order to make the picture of this drama look more textured.

Just one strip makes "Unborn" and ordinary electricity

The TV drama has opened up a clear gap.

It can only be said that even though the outside world is not optimistic about "Unborn" because there is no precedent for the popularity of workplace dramas on the peninsula, N attaches great importance to this highlight of the 8th anniversary of its opening, and has invested a lot of resources in order to be successful.

After arriving at the scene, the crew was officially operational, the director took people to install the facilities and check the venue, and the actors of Ji Jingyuan were taken by DY to a temporary dressing room rented next to it for styling.

Because it is a workplace drama, there is no need to do some too exaggerated makeup, only need to put on some light makeup to cover up some flaws on the actor's skin, so that the whole person looks more energetic and photogenic.

However, as the male lead, Ji Jingyuan will also show some characteristics of the character in some other places in addition to these.

"Jing Yuan Xi's skin is really good, if it is according to the director's requirements, in fact, there is no need to apply makeup."

Sitting in front of the mirror, Sister DY held Chi Jingyuan's head with both hands, looked at the face in the mirror that made her eyes shine, and couldn't help but admire.

"......" Because he was not very suitable for talking in styling, Ji Jingyuan pursed his lips and smiled to express his gratitude.

"In the previous meeting, according to the director's request, we have already designed the hairstyle of the actor Zhang Clay according to the characteristics of your appearance according to Jing Yuanxi."

While doing it, she explained to Chi Jingyuan: "Jingyuan Xi's facial features are relatively soft, in order to better show the character's personality and circumstances, the hairstyle needs to be matched at some times, and the whole person will look very energetic when you show a large forehead, the advantages of facial features and face shape can be well displayed, and with the eyes, it is easy to create a strong workplace elite feeling, which is very suitable for Zhang Clay's style after growing up in the middle and late stages of the TV series."

"But Zhang Clay in the early stage is a novice who has just entered the workplace, and he has suffered a lot of setbacks and is more vulnerable and confused, so it is not in line with the shape of your forehead, so in order to distinguish and show Zhang Clay's growth, in the early stage, we will let the bangs cover all your forehead, a bit like a student, so that to some extent, it can cover up the unevenness brought by Jing Yuanxi's own overly advantageous appearance, and it can also show the personality traits of the male protagonist at the beginning."

"......" Ji Jingyuan blinked, indicating that he understood.

Since the time of "olf", SMdy's styling for Chi Jingyuan has always been based on exposing his forehead, because this can best show the superiority of his face, unless a special stage requires him to rarely keep the hairstyle that was very popular in previous years.

With the efforts of Sister DY, Chi Jingyuan's style was quickly done, and he went to the dressing room next to him to change into a standard black suit, white shirt and leather shoes.

Standing in front of the mirror again, Chi Jingyuan looked at the handsome and high-spirited young man in the workplace on the mirror, and curled the corners of his mouth with a satisfied smile that made the few dys and female staff next to him look at it and even wanted to take out his mobile phone to take a picture.

This kind of more formal suit and uniform Ji Jingyuan has really rarely tried before, and it is a completely different style from the stage night shift in the idol period, and the only thing in common is that it is very attractive.

It didn't take long for Jin Yuanxi to get it done, and after he came back with someone, he pulled Ji Jingyuan, who had been waiting for a while, over and began to talk to him about today's scene.

The beginning of "Unborn" uses flashbacks, placing the plot and scenes of the last few episodes at the beginning of the first episode, leaving a deep suspense and enticing the audience to follow along and unravel the puzzle together.

This is also a very common technique in Korean dramas.

In Jordan, the plot is filmed in this child's scene, at this time, Chi Jingyuan is not playing the male protagonist who is just starting out in the workplace, but Zhang Clay, who has grown a lot through his hard work.

This plot is probably about a very important sample of the company that was stolen by a person named Xu Jinshang and fled to Jordan, while Zhang Clay sought the help of the company's colleague Zhao Agent and came to Jordan to chase him, and finally caught Xu Jinshang through accurate judgment and hard pursuit, and perfectly solved this crisis.

"Clay Zhang and Zhao met in the literary drama of us

We will shoot again the day after tomorrow, and today we have applied for the street photography ordinance, so we will shoot the most important chase scene first." Kim Won-seok pointed to the street in front of him, holding the drawn storyboard in his hand, while talking to Ji Kyung-won and several other actors.

"The first scene starts here, Jing Yuan first walks from the street to the opposite side, looks around looking for people, and then receives a call from Agent Zhao."

"Although Zhang Clay is actually quite nervous in his heart at this time, Jingyuan, you can't show too much, you can only give a little nervous feeling, more of a confidence in your own judgment, understand? Let's get a feel for it, and we'll start filming the first act in five minutes."

Ji Jingyuan, who hadn't filmed for a year, closed his eyes and took a deep breath, then nodded with a confident and indifferent smile.

"I see."